Volumnius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Volumnus (“a Roman god”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oˈlum.ni.us/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊmniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlum.ni.us/, [voˈlumnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Volumnius m sg (genitive Volumniī or Volumnī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
- Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens, a Roman consul
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Volumnius |
Genitive | Volumniī Volumnī1 |
Dative | Volumniō |
Accusative | Volumnium |
Ablative | Volumniō |
Vocative | Volumnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Volumnius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Volumnius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Volumnius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray